Alan Forey
English historian
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Alan John Forey (born 1933) is reader emeritus in history at the University of Durham[1] and an authority on the history of the military orders of the Middle Ages.[2] In 1994, his work was collected and published in the Variorum Collected Studies series as Military Orders and Crusades.[3]
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Born1933 (age 92–93)
KnownforAuthority on the history of the military orders of the Middle Ages
FieldsHistory
InstitutionsUniversity of Durham
Alan Forey | |
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Alan Forey -in the centre of the photo- during a visit to the castle of Castellot (Teruel), during a Congress held in 2001 in honour of S. Runciman. | |
| Born | 1933 (age 92–93) |
| Known for | Authority on the history of the military orders of the Middle Ages |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | History |
| Institutions | University of Durham |
Biography
Between 1956 and 1958, Forey spent time studying in Madrid at the Instituto Valencia of Don Juan on a De Osma Studentship that he won twice, the Studentship covered his expenses and research travel costs.[4]
Selected publications
- The Templars of the "Corona de Aragón". Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1973.
- "The Military Order of St Thomas of Acre", English Historical Review, 92 (1977), pp. 481–503.
- The Military Orders from the Twelfth to the Early Fourteenth Centuries. Macmillan, 1991. (New Studies in Medieval History) ISBN 978-0333462355
- Military Orders and Crusades. 1994. ISBN 978-0860783985 (Variorum Collected Studies)
- "The Military Orders 1120-1312", in Jonathan Riley-Smith (Ed.) The Oxford Illustrated History of the Crusades. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001. ISBN 9780192854285
